Ascentis Announces the Acquisition of Starfield and the Addition of Powerful New Talent Management Functionality

San Mateo, Calif. – July 10, 2014 – Ascentis Corporation, a market leader in easy-to-use human resources software, online payroll services, and HCM (human capital management) solutions, today announced the acquisition of Starfield, a leading provider of talent management software solutions. This acquisition introduces several new products to the Ascentis HCM suite of solutions including [...]

Tampa, FL May 31, 2014 – Kevin Connell, CEO of AccuScreen.com will be speaking about Criminal Background Checks and how to “Avoid the Wrath of the EEOC: Insider Secrets Revealed by Former EEOC Legal Counsel.” Connell will be co-presenting with Reed Russell, former Legal Counsel for the EEOC. Russell currently practices law at Phelps Dunbar [...]

TAMPA, FL May 29, 2014 – Kevin Connell, chairman of AccuScreen.com, will demonstrate the advanced Internet research and investigative skills that are essential for all loss prevention professionals, especially for those that investigate fraud and theft, during the National Retail Federation Loss Prevention Conference and Expo June 12 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Having advanced Internet [...]

Ascentis Appoints Jilbert Washten as Chief Financial Officer

Bellevue, Wash. – May 2014 – Ascentis Corporation, a market leader in easy-to-use human resources software, online payroll services, and human capital management (HCM) solutions, today announced that Jilbert Washten has been named new chief financial officer (CFO) following the retirement of former CFO, David Bernstein. “During his fourteen years of extraordinary service, David Bernstein [...]

Ascentis Announces Exhibitor Sponsorship of NetSuite SuiteWorld 2014

Bellevue, Wash. – May 8, 2014 – Ascentis today announced its exhibitor sponsorship of SuiteWorld 2014, NetSuite’s annual user conference for customers, partners, media and industry analysts, being held May 12-15 in San Jose, Calif. NetSuite’s SuiteWorld 2014 conference is slated to be the largest-ever gathering of the fast-growing NetSuite community, with an expected 6,000 [...]

Blogging4Jobs Acquires Long-Standing Blog, The Recruiter’s Lounge

Blogging4Jobs announces the acquisition of their second HR-focused property since acquiring Secrets of the Job Hunt in 2012. Many long time recruiters are familiar with The Recruiters Lounge which began publishing in January 2005 and provides information and insights into the wacky world of employment with news, articles, comics, videos, podcasts and more under the [...]

XpertHR Index Ranks States by Payroll Misery

New Providence, NJ (April 14, 2014) -The states with the most complex and burdensome employment tax laws are California, New York, New Jersey, Hawaii, Maryland and Virginia, according to XpertHR’s new “Payroll Misery” Index, which analyzes the degree of burden placed upon employers by each state’s payroll and employment tax laws. “Many employers are overwhelmed [...]

60% of companies are investing in big data and analytics tools to help make their HR departments more data-driven. It’s a concept that is talked about by nearly every influencer, analyst and expert but what does it really mean for recruiting and HR? How are recruiting and HR teams actually using data, numbers and information [...]

Blogging4Jobs Talks Big Data During Big Data Week #BigDataHR

Next week Blogging4Jobs will deliver over 30 blogs from top industry leaders on the topic of big data. This topic has been talked about and mulled over in the HR industry for years, but do practitioners really know how to apply it to real-world scenarios? Join us April 6-12th as we give real examples on [...]